Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-02-03
Interesting Notes From Washington.
IFrom Our occ.slon.l corre,ponasu..l

From Our Occasional correspondsut.l
The House Committee on pensions
refused to report the bill favorably Civ
ing Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Blair So 900
pension. 1t was on q strict party vote,
and the general impression is, that it is
good idea to stop this useless expen-
diture, because If this precedent is fol-
lowed 1t will take $50, ,000, 900 year out
of the Treasury in very short time.
The Senate Committee las refused to
"consent" to the appointment of Math-
ews as Recorder, and the action re-
ceives the hearty endorsement of all
residents of the District, the colored
ones excepted. 1t is now ruInored
that the President will appoint negro
from Cincinnati, and the counter ru-
NOR is that he likewise will receive the
"black ball" as the Senate is in favor
of "home rule" and white rule at that.
The Interstate Commerce Bill pass
ed the House yesterday by large vote,
but among those who voted against
this measure the name of William d.
Hill is conspicuous. IT,. .,,....,..
Wednesday the President shook
hands with 317 people at the White
House reception. 1t is an easy matter
nowadays to count the people who pass
by the President. Chief Usher Dins-
more has little nickle-plated register,
with numbers so arranged that tn ey
revolve when spring is pushed. The
arrangement is very frequently seen in
elevators to register the number of
trips, and miniature edition of it is
used by umpires to count balls and
strikes in the national game. Yester-
day the little instrument was in Ser
geant Johnson's pocket, and it noise
lessly Tailed the number of persons at
the reception.
The unusally large crowd was due to
the presence of the members of the
Shipping League and of the National
Potters' Convention. The former came
first in a body and were introduced in
dividually to the President. Then the
long line of the general public filed by,
Potters were made acquainted with the
President. Their names were formally
announced, and when two or three of
the members who were not native born
were introduced as "ex-Englishmen"
and "free importations" the President
laughed heartily. He was in excellent
| splits dlu lllIpOu UuU SllRIlUlHs .
| While the general reception was in
progress an old lady and gentleman
stopped for q moment as they reached
the President, and the former spoke in
a low voice to him. II cannot see you
now," the President said, and the
couple, instead of departing, stepped
aside, where they waited patiently until
the last person had passed by. The
lady was poorly dressed in black, and
the gentleman was old, walked feebly
ard wore glasses, as if his sight was i'm
paired. They were evidently needy
applicants for Office. When the Presi-
dent had concluded the reception he
did not leave the room. To the sur
prise of everybody he walked over, to
the couple, and the lady, encouraged
by the Presidents graciousness, told
her story. In a broken whisper she
made her appeal, and the word "officen
was every now and then distinctly
audible. Patiently the President list
ened until she had finished, and then,
shaking the hands of the couple,
promised, in frank, hearty way, to do
what he could for them. There was a
happy smile on their faces as they left
the Presidents presence. ,,.e ..l.....
The week was marked by the death
of General Hazen, Chief Sigal Officer of
the Army. His death was so unex-
pected that the intelligence fell like a
wet blanket upon army circles. He
had been sick but a few days, having
caught cold on Thursday, preceding,
and what seemed q trifie was the final
chair" to "break the. eamel's back, /"
and on Sunday, at 3 m, he sshufaed